Audio settings
— Audio setup
“AUDIO SETUP” allows you to adjust the sound according to playback conditions and connected equipment.
Select
(AUDIO SETUP) in the Setup menu, then select the desired setting item.For details on the setup procedures, see “Using the Setup menu” on page 28.
The setting items with “*” in the tables below are the default settings.AUDIO DRC (Dynamic Range Control)Makes the sound clear when the volume is turned down when playing a DVD that conforms to “AUDIO DRC.”
This setting affects the outputs of FRONT/REAR AUDIO OUT.STANDARD* Normally select this position.| WIDE | Gives you the feeling of being at |
| RANGE | a live performance. |
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Switches the method for mixing down to 2 channels when you play a DVD which has rear sound elements (channels) or is recorded in Dolby Digital format. For details on the rear signal components, see “Checking the program format” on page 22. This setting affects the output of FRONT/REAR AUDIO OUT.
| SURROUND | Select this when the unit is |
| connected to an audio |
| component that conforms to |
| Dolby Surround (Pro Logic). |
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| NORMAL* | Select this when the unit is |
| connected to an audio |
| component that does not |
| conform to Dolby Surround |
| (Pro Logic). |
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Selects the type of Dolby Digital signal.| DOLBY | Select this when the unit is |
| DIGITAL* | connected to an audio |
| component with a |
| Dolby Digital decoder. |
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| DOWNMIX | Select this when the unit is |
PCM | connected to an audio |
| component lacking a |
| Dolby Digital decoder. You can |
| select whether the signals |
| conform to Dolby Surround |
| (Pro Logic) or not by making |
| adjustments to the |
| “DOWNMIX” item in “AUDIO |
| SETUP” (page 32). |
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DTS 
ON* | Select this when the unit is |
| connected to an audio |
| component with a |
| decoder. |
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OFF | Select this when the unit is |
| connected to an audio |
| component lacking a |
| DTS decoder. |
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